Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1954 — Page 8

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Author Is Awarded Libel Suit Damages Westbrook Pegler Guilty Os Libel NfiW YORK tINSO — Author j Quentin Reynolds was awarded $175,001 In damages todd? in his SSOO,OCT libdl suit against columnist Westbrook Pegler and the Hearst publications which ppklisjy the Pegler column. Among statement* made ‘hy’Pegler which brought on the libel suit wax one in which he accused Reynolds ot being “yellow" and an "absentee War correspondent." A 20-day stay in the award was granted by U- S. district judge Edward Weinteld pending preparation of a defense motion to set aside as excessive of the New York jury rof eight men

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and tWo w<>nTm<" Punitive against Pegler, laO.OOOftgaipst the IlejtrM corporation and against Hearst Consolidated Publications. Inc., and compensatory damages of $1 against Pegler were levied by the panel. The jurist declared in a 105-min-ute charge that Pegler had offered "no comjietept evidence" to support the truth of- two statements •carried ip his column of Nov. 29, 1949. entitled/ “On Heywood Broun and Quentin Reynolds. - ’ Judge Weinfeld said the unsupported statements were that "Rey-1 nolds and bls girl friend of the moment were nuding along the public road" and that “as ‘Reynolds, was riding to Heywood’s grave with her (Broun’s widow) he proposed marriage. - ’ Fall From Porch, * Two Are Recovering DETROIT, (INS) — James Gibson. 22. of Detroit laughed tiM he was“alinost fit to be killed. He w’as sitting on the secondstory porch of his home when 15-year-old Doris Weeks Jickled him. Gibbon laughed so hard he toppled over the railing backwards and fell 24 feet to the pavement, fragging the girl with him. Both are recovering from bruises in receiving hospital. * 30-Month-pld Girl Is Drowned In Tank WASHINGTON. Ind. (INS) — Thirty-month-old' Martha Marie, Ryan fell in a term water tdftk near ! Washington late Monday and drowned. Authorities said there was about a foot of water fn the tank where the child was playing. Democrat Want Afg Bring Results

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OAS To Meet On Conditions In Guatemala • 7 Latin Americans Hail Calling Os ' * Conference In Rio UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (INS) —Latin American diplomats at the UN predicted today that the forthcoming Rio conference would devise ironclad measures to prevent new "Guatemalas" in the Americas. They said the convoking of the 20-nation organization of American state (OAS) on July 7 heralds a death blow to Soviet meddling in the western hemisphere. Many Latin Americans hailed the calling of the <OAS session as a significant triumph for the U.S. in ifs battle to crack down on Cominunist attempts to secure a beachhead withjn the radius of the Panama Canal. i Intensive talks between the U.S. and governments south of the Rio •Grande marked the final critical hours preceding the decision to meet in Rio De Janeiro. I The Diaz coup in Guatemala And his outlawing of the Communist party had increased the reluctance of some OAS members to join the U. S. in calling the conference. One Central American diplomat 'said after the OAS decision: “Our governments will translate into action at the historic words of U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., addressed to the Soviet Union tn the. security council: ‘Stay out of the western hemisphere.’ ‘ — "I think that Evidence of Mos-cow-directed interference in Guatemala... will—be— presented to the OAS in Rio, a thing would should shock and alert all of us into being on our guard.’ ’ The regime of Col. Carlos EnI rique Diaz has. for the present, shown no disposition to follow former president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman's policy of „j£hljllenging the OAS's exclusive jurisdiction over the Guatemala dispute by demanding security council Intervention. However, most Latin American experts showed open distrust of Diaz, to whom Arbenz turned over the government. They said he was a "tool’’ of the Communist faction which surrounded Arbenz. They expressed belief that Diaz is making hasty political gestures —such as welcoming the interAmerican inspection team and outlawing the Communist party—to woo sympathy in the U. S. and rally Latin American support as the “Liberation" forces press their attack. FIRED HOUSING (Continued From Pane One! sentence of two months at hard labor for gfttng AWOL. Meanwhile, a new element.in thO scandals was injected into the hearings when McKenna charged that former housing expediter Wilson Wyatt helped his cousin, Earl Ffanklin, to obtain FHA loan insurance on a big aprtment project in Sarasota, Fla. In his, first appearance oii April 19. Powell claimed the fifth amend--1 ment and” refused to answer committee questions on grounds of possible self-incriminaftion. Capehart said he thought the witness was making a mistake." Subsequently Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.), called Powell "the key official” ,in scandals and declared that “it was Mr. Powell whose losses in gambling first attracted the attention of the FBI.” Capehart said “Powell ought not to hide behind the fifth amendment” in his second appearance but the lawmaker said he had no indication whether the veteran FHA official was ready to talk to the committee. The Indiana Republican declared: “He might not want to discuss his actions after working hours but he should be in a position to answer questions about his work.” - PowelEs name figures In Monday’s *Testimony concerning the construction of the Linwood Park project in Teaneck, N.J.. one of 27 cases placed in the record by deputy housing and home finance administrator William F. McKenna to show how builders collected multi-million dollar windfalls as inflated FHA-insured loads far in excess of construction costs. Rules Twins' Deaths Caused By Aspirin INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Marion county coroner Roy B. Storms today ruled that the mysterious deaths of two-year-ojd twins from Connersville, Ind. apparently was due to aspirin. The coroner said he believed Rita Lynn/and Reta Louise, twin daughters of Mr. and ‘.Mrs. Ralph Hetzel, who died at Indianapolis James Whitcomb Riley hospital June 7, had picked up the, aspirins some place and swallowed them. He said “quite a lot of salicylate' was found in their bodies.

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Study Proposals To Cut Traffic Deaths . Purdue Professor Shows Experiments LAFAYETTE. In. (INS) — Indiana's traffic safety officials today have under consideration several proposals for cutting down highway deaths, including Installation of nets between front and rear car seats and use of airlinetype safety belts. Prof. IE. F. Bruhn, of the Purdue University school of aeronautics, demonstrated to Indiana safety director Joseph L. Lingo, traffic study commission chairman Phillip Johnson, of- (Mooresville, and other safety officials, results of his experiments In a Monday session kt West Lafayette. Prof. Brunn carried out the experiments with small toy autos and doll-size figures, adjusting conditions to simulate actual traffic aeofa dents.' In addition to the net and the safety' belt, proposals to reduce traffic death included bumpers for both autos and trucks at the same height, and use of “crash capsules” or shock absorbers on bumpers to absorb some of the collision shock. The safety belts have been tested by Indiana state police who also recommended their use. The U.S. military academy* at West Point was the nation’s first engineering school. For many years it was the only such institu- . Hon. • ’'

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Indianapolis Man Given Prison Term LNDIANAPOUS (INS) - A 22-year-old Indianapolis man began a 270-day state penal farm sentence today for playing catch with his child and hit-run with hia wife. Freddie A. Johnson was sentenced to three separate 90-day terms and fined SISOO for assault and battery, reckless driving and drunken driving., His license was suspended for a year. Johnson was accused of having pulled his baby from his wife’s arms and thrown the child back to his wife and then of having attempted to run over his wife with un automobile. I CONG. RAYBURN (Continued From Page Onel President on the issue. The cancellation was seen as indication that leaders were sure of their ground. Five hours of listless debate Monday failed to stir up much controversy over the bill- Party spokesmen said already have decided how they are going to vote. - Harrison said he opposes the 800 drfl lion dollar grant to southeast Asia and the western Pacific area on the grounds that no coordinated plan has been spelled out on how to spend the money. He said the purposes for which the money was originally justified Dy the administration no longer exist. However, defenders of the grant —largest single item in the bill — said the administration needs to have the money available for quick use in the eventPof further trouble in the Far Eastern area.

More Federal Aid Need Os Education Educators Meet In Annual Convention NEW YORK (INS)—The urgent need for increased federal aid to education as a key to the defense of Democracy is expected to highlight discussions today at the 92nd annual convention of the'national education association in New York. / Some 20,000 representatives of •America's teachers Monday were warned that states and localities alone can no longer meet the "extremely critical and steadily, worsening situation caused by the shortage of some 90,000 teachers annually to fill present needs.” William G. Carr, NEA’s executive secretary, noted that as of 1954 ‘more than one million schoolage youngsters were presently receiving only half-day education. 4 ‘These half-rations,” Carr aaid, “can be expected to extend to another million annually for the next ten years if present building and manpower programs are not stepped up drastically.” Carr explained that to meet current growth needs, it would be necessary to "build a new classroom every fifteen ’minutes’’ to cope with the worsening situation. It you nave romethlng to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brines results. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur Democrat Want Ads Bring Results

Public Auction - ■■ *• ■ — - ■ --****- * % . • / “The Esaias W. Dailey Heirs” 181 ACRES UN-IMPROVED LEVEL HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE LAND Wednesday, July 14, -1:30 P.M. (On the Premises) LOCATION: Four Miles Southeast of Decatur, Indiana on the Piqua Road to the Junction of 101 Highway, then South % mile on the West Side of the Highway. Or, 1 mile North of Pleasant' Mills. Indiana on Highway No. 101. Or, 2 miles West of Ohio-Indiana State Line on No. 224 Highway then 4 miles South on 101 Highway. THIS LAND ALL LAYS IN ONE TRACT, Will be offered: As one unit of 181 Acres and in Tracts of 80 and 101 Acres and sold in the way that brings the highest price. AN UNUSUALLY GOOD FARM recognized as one of the best farms in Adams County, Level and Highly Productive as evidenced by the Growing Crops. Has been well farmed, properly rotated and is in a fine state of fertility. Well Drained. 80 ACRES Is ALL UNDER CULTIVATION, 101 ACRE TRACT hap from five to eight acres of Good Timber, Considerable Saleable Timber, balance under cultivation. IDEALLY LOCATED ON HIGHWAY No. 10i, CLOSE TO MARKETS AND OTHER CONVENIENCES. A GOOD INVESTMENT A8 A LARGE UN-IMPROVED FARM — A CHOICE BUILDING SITE WITH BEAUTIFUL TREES, if the Purchaser wishes to replace the buildings. (Quantities of Salvage Lumber on Premises.) A FINE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN OUTSTANDING PIECE OF FARM LAND. TERMS:’ One Third of Purchase Price on Day of Sale, Balance upon delivery of”%ood title. Land to be sold subject to the tenant’s rights, and Taxes payable in 1955. Heirs will retain Landlord’s share of 1954 crop. - • - - ~ HEIRS OF ESAIAS W. DAILEY, Owners J. F. Sanmann—Auctioneer Sale Conducted by Parrish and Parrlshh Midwest Realty Auction Co. Ferd Litterer—Commissioners Decatur, Indiana 29 6 12 TRADE IN DECATUR J

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